SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) – August 2013 update
SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) has a new update:
VS 2010: August 2013 version: 10.3.30822.0, June 2013 version: 10.3.30618.1, December 2012 version: 10.3.21208.0,...
2013-09-17
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James Serra's Blog
Microsoft Certified Master program killed
The Certified Master and Architect community was collectively notified Friday, August 30, at 10PM PST that the Certified Master (MCM/MCSM)...
2013-09-12
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Presentation Slides for Building an Effective Data Warehouse Architecture
Thanks to everyone who attended my session “Building an Effective Data Warehouse Architecture” at the Houston Area SQL Server User Group Monthly Meeting....
2013-09-11
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SQLBits XI videos online
All the videos for this popular conference are online (69 of them). Take a look at the recorded sessions at http://sqlbits.com/content/Event11. ...
2013-09-10
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Vendor Management Systems
A vendor management system (VMS) is a web-based application that acts as a mechanism for businesses to manage and procure...
2013-09-05
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Presentation Slides for Building an Effective Data Warehouse Architecture
Thanks to everyone who attended my session “Building an Effective Data Warehouse Architecture” for the PASS DBA Fundamentals Virtual Chapter. The abstract is...
2013-09-04
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Building an Effective Data Warehouse Architecture Presentation
I will be presenting the session “Building an Effective Data Warehouse Architecture” today at 11am CST for the PASS DBA Fundamentals...
2013-09-03
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Resume hoarders
Unfortunately in my line of work as a consultant, I am contacted far too often by resume hoarders, who are...
2013-08-29
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Winner of the worst recruiter of the year!
Every week I get a bunch of emails from recruiters about jobs that I am not qualified for (see Low-rate...
2013-08-27
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Recruiters, pay rates, and client budgets
If a recruiter sends me a job description, the first question I ask is, “What is the pay rate”. If...
2013-08-22
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Blogs
Programmatic Tool Calling with the Claude SDK
Programmatic Tool Calling with the Claude SDK Every morning somebody on the team runs the...
A New Word: Mauerbauertraurigkeit
By Steve Jones
mauerbauertraurigkeit – n. inexplicable urge to push people away, even close friends whose company...
Methodology for dealing with bad data in production
By Brian Kelley
Pinal Dave wrote up his methodology for what to do when you discover bad...
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Why SQL Server Database Attach fails and how to repair it
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Fixing P1 Queries
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Question of the Day
BIT_COUNT() IV
In SQL Server 2025, I run this code:
select bit_count('A')
What is returned? See possible answers